Packing case



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F LONDON, ENGLLND.

PACKING CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Ang. 2t?, 1922.

Application filed November 12, 1921. Serial No. 514,749.

To @ZZ w 710m t may con cer-n Be it known that l, HENRY HAROLD READ? of 84. Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, London, il. l0, England7 a British subject, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Packing Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packing cases and more particularly to wooden packing cases wherein the sides and ends are con stituted by a series of parallel boards and which may be bound internally or externally by strips of hoop iron. ln vsuch cases contiguous boards of an end or side have heretofore been usually secured together by means of nails passing from one board to the next diagonally across the plane of con-k tact and even if the ends and sides be strengthened by means of hoop iron binding strips they are liable to be stove-in during transit and owing to the splintering of the boards by the nails it is often impossible to repair the damage without opening the case.

It is the object of this invention to provide improved means for connecting together the boards forming the sides or ends of the case whereby the case will be strengthened and its contents rendered less liable to pilfering during transit.

According to the present invention the contiguous edges of boards forming the sides or ends of a packing case are connected together by means of angle plates in each of which one branch is disposed between the contiguous edges of two adjacent boards and is secured to the edge face of one of the boards whilst the other branch is secured to the inner or outer face of the contiguous board. Preferably the angle plates are disposed in alignment transversely of the boards and are slotted so as to permit a hoop iron binding strip to be passed through all the angle plates so as to underlie the second mentioned branch, said binding strip being independently secured to the surface of the boards.

The angle plates and binding strips may be secured to the boards by means such as are described in my specification Serial No.`

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings ot which Figure l is a plan of a portion of one side of a packing case, Figure 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2-2 of Figure l and Figures 3 and 4 are elevations of two forms ot angle plates before bending.

To one edge tace of each ot three boards a, Z) and c, of one side of a packing case, is secured by means of nails d or the like one marginal end portion e of a short strip f (Figure 3) of hoop iron or the like, said strip f being` slotted transversely as at g and said slot g being disposed in line with the upper surface of said board a, b or o. The strips f are so arranged that when the boards a, Z), c are placed edge to edge as shown in Figures l and 2 the slots g are in alignment transversely of the boards a b o and a strip of hoop iron or the like it is threaded through the slots g in succession and is secured by nails y' or the like to the surface of the boards a, b, c. The outer marginal end portion 7c of each strip is then bent over at right angles (along the line A-B Fig`- ures 3 and 4f) so as to overlie the strip 7L and f the board (such as b) adjacentto that (such as a) to which the end portion e is secured and a nail m or the like isy driven through said strips f and 71, into the underlying board l).

It desired the heads of the nails 7' and 'm may be soldered over and to theunderlying strips f and 7L respectively as shown at n and o to the right of Figures l and 2 and the adjacent portions of the strips f and h may be soldered together as at p and g. y

[is shown in Figure 4 the strip f is rectangular in shape and the portion 7c has two or more holes r, r for the reception of nails such as m. The ends of the binding strip It may simply be bent over and nailed'to the edges of the outer boards orthe strip h may serve. to connect together adjacent sides or ends of the packing case and form a con- 9 tinuous band around the case. The strip L and marginal end portions 7c may be disposed either inside or outside the packing case, as desired. i

By this means a packing case of particularly strong construction is obtained.

I claim l. A. packing case of the kind set Vforth wherein the contiguous edges of boards forming the side or ends of the case are connected together by means of angle plates in each of which one branch is disposed between the contiguous edges of two adjacent boards and is secured to the edge face of one of said boards whilst the other branch is secured to one 'face of the contiguous board.

2. A packing` case as claimed in claim l wherein the angle plates are disposed in alignment transversely of the boards and are slotted so as to permit a hoop iron binding strip to be passed through all the angle plates so as to underlie the second mentioned branch, said binding strip being independently secured to 'the surface of the boards.

A packing case having its boards eonnected by angle plates? one member of which is secured between adjacent boards and its other member overlying` one oit the said boares7 and :fasteners seemingthe said members to the board, the heads of thefasteners overlying said member and soldered thereto. ll. A, packing ease having its boards secured together by aband, and angle plates siotted at the junction of their members, the angle plates having one member secured between adjacent boards and its other member overlying one of the boards, the band extendthrouggh the slots of the angle plates and under the overlying members of the angle plates1 and "fasteners, the heads of which overlie the band and the overlying member oi" the angle plate and soldered thereto.

HENRY HAROLD READ. 

